广东省广州市届高三英语综合测试试题二Word格式文档下载.docx

1、如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。4.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分 阅读理解 （ 共两节，满分40分 ）第一节 （ 共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分 ）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。By WENQIANGAWe can all think of times when people didnt make remembering easy. Directions given at machine-gun speed。 New people introduced in a flood of names and

2、handshakes。 Whenever information is passed between people, its all too easy for it to go in one ear and straight out of the other. Thankfully, the opposite is also true。 Look around you, and youll see parents who can get their children to remember exactly what they were told; advertisers who know ho

3、w to imprint their sales messages on our brains。So, how do they do? Their secrets can be summed up in four simple words： focus， imagery, reasons and engagement.FOCUS means ensuring that the person youre talking to can concentrate on learning. Choose your moment carefully. Check that they can properl

4、y hear or see the information。 Communicate slowly and clearly enough for their memory to cope。IMAGERY helps information to stick. Do everything your can to make other people “see the ideas youre giving them. Add visual details to directions， and illustrate abstract concepts with metaphors。REASONS to

5、 remember help people to put in the mental effort. So, make it clear that your words are important， and be explicit about why. Maybe this information will save them time, protect them from embarrassment， or let them enjoy a particular experience or event.EMGAGEMENT requires you to ask questions。 Poi

6、nt out links between new concepts and things listeners already know。 Activate their senses， spark their curiosity， get them doing something physical, or simply make them laugh。The next time youve got an important message to pass on， put some of these techniques to the test。 Youll discover that there

7、 are benefits on both sides when you know how to FIRE peoples memories into action。21. What is the main purpose of the text?A.To report new research.B.To provide some advice.C.To explain a problem。D.To define some terms.22. How can you do to help a listener “focus” on what you are saying？A.Select th

8、e appropriate time to raise the topic。B.Do something humorous to get their attention.C.Make sure the information provided is correct。D.Speak as slowly and clearly as you possibly can。23。 Explaining to listeners why your information is important is an example of _.A。 FOCUS B. IMAGERY C. REASONS D. EN

9、GAGEMENTBSpecial boxes lie at the bottom of my locked filing cabinet. Deposited there are important letters and cards collected throughout my life， from my grandparents， school friends, parents， wife and son。 Since the invention of email though， theyve been few and far between。Tonight is New Yorks E

10、ve 2029 and theres a very special box of letters I want to look at。 But first theres something I have to do The Ritual（惯例）。I go to my trusted computer and start。 I begin to type: Dear - 。 I leave the name blank for now， anticipating the thrill of typing it in。 “I hope you are well and I wonder how t

11、his will find you。 And you still planning to move to that villa in Portugal? Did your son marry Fiona？ Is your mother still alive? Questions surge into my mind。For the next two hours I sit writing。 About what Ive been doing for the last year, my failing health, my increasing wealth and sometime diff

12、icult marriage. Then about my goals and ambitions. Will he be interested？ Do I climb Mt。 Kilimanjaro？ Do I get that novel published? the one thats been rejected more times than I carte to think about.Finally, its finished. 11：30 pm. I fill in the recipients name, print my letter， sign and address it

13、 and then seal it up with tape。 I then delete the document and empty the trash folder to avoid the possibility of temptation. That completes the ritual！I walk over to my “special box. It contains ten long, white， thick envelopes， all with the same handwriting。 I place the one I have just written in

14、at the back and take out the one at the front。 Its dated 2019， and labelled “to be opened 31st December 2029”.The cycle is finally complete！ I open it, trembling with anticipation。 I begin to read， my eyes tearing up a little as I do so. Throughout the last ten long, eventful years, of life， death，

15、joy and heartbreak， it has been waiting patiently in this box for me， though I now have no memory of ever having written it。24。 Why does the author receive fewer “important letters” these days ？ He has moved from his original address。B。 He is rarely in contact with his friends and family。C. People c

16、ommunicate with each other less often than before.D。 Electronic communication has largely replaced physical letters。25。 Who does the underlined word “he” in paragraph 4 refer to? The author himself。 The authors son.C。 The authors school friend。 The authors book publisher。26. Why does the author prob

17、ably delete the completed letter from his computer? So that no one else will be able to read it. So that he wont read it ahead of schedule。C. Because he decides at last not to send it. Because he wants forget what has happened.27. How does the author feel as he is about to open his special letter？A.

18、 Relieved B. Moved C。 Excited D。 AfraidCTexas rancher（牧场主） Charles Goodnight had a problem。 He needed skilled cowboys to drive his herd of two thousand longhorn cattle to New Mexico to be sold。 He couldnt offer high wages. He couldnt promise easy jobs or even nice weather. But he decided that decent

19、， warm meals might entice men to work for him.In the mid-to-late 1800s, cattle drives sometimes took three to four months， and once the drive began, there were no stores for hundreds of miles. All the food and supplies needed for the trip were carried on two-wheeled carts. Usually, the cowboys food

20、was boring and unappetizing。Goodnight went to work and solved the problem。 His invention of a mobile kitchen， the chuck wagon（四轮马车）, got its name from the cowboy word for food， chuck。” Goodnight took an old army wagon and rebuilt it with Osage orange， a wood so tough that Indians used it to make bow

21、s。 The wagons iron axles were stronger than the wooden ones found on standard wagons, and the wider wheels lasted longer. Besides food, coffee sugar and eating utensils， it held everything from firstaid supplies to needles and thread。 It even contained cooking stove。The first chuck wagon was an inst

22、ant success. Eighteen cowhands joined Goodnight and his partner， Oliver Loving， to drive the cattle to New Mexico for a handsome profit。 The route they took-later called the GoodnightLoving Trailbecame one of the most heavily used cattle trails in the Southwest.The chuck wagon soon was the backbone

23、of all successful cattle drives. Other ranchers created their own moving kitchens， and eventually the Studebaker Company produced chuck wagons that sold for 75 to $100 apiece， about $1,000 today.The chuck wagon was much more than a mobile kitchen. Sometimes called ”the trail drives mother ship, it w

24、as like a magnet that drew the men together。 The wagon and the ground around it were the cowboys home. There he enjoyed hot meals, a warm fire, and good companionship。 He could also get a bandage， a haircut, or horse liniment for his sore muscles。 And there， under the stars and around the chuck wago

25、n, he crawled into his bedroll each night。28。 Who does the underlined word “entice” in paragraph 1 mean?A. Inform B。 Direct C。 Enable D. Attract 29. Why were cattle drives in the mid-to-late 1800s so tough ?A.All the cattle were carried on twowheeled vehicles。B.Fresh food supplies were hard to find

26、on the drive。C.There were not enough cowboys to drive the cattle。D.There was no place to store food and necessary supplies.30. What do we know about Goodnights chuck wagon from the text？ It was stronger than the ordinary wagons.B. It was mainly used to provide first aid.C. It could be changed into a

27、 sleeping area.D. It was sold to other ranchers by Goodnight.31。 What is the best title for the text?A.The Cowboys ProblemB.Goodnight-Loving TrailC.The Cowboys Home on WheelsD.Exciting Cattle Drives in the WestDDepending on what language you speak， your eye perceives colours and the world differentl

28、y than someone else。The human eye can physically perceive millions of colours. But we dont all recognise these colours in the same way。 Some people cant see differences in colours so called colour blindness due to a defect or absence of the cells in the retina that are sensitive to high levels of li

29、ght: the cones。 But the distribution and density of these cells also varies across people with normal vision， causing us all to experience the same colour in slightly different ways.Language affects our colour perception too。 Different languages and cultural groups also categorize colours differentl

30、y. Some languages like Dani， spoken in Papua New Guinea， and Bassa, spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, only have two terms， dark and light。 Dark roughly translates as cool in those languages, and light as warm. So colours like black, blue, and green are glossed as cool colours， while lighter colour

31、s like white, red， orange and yellow are glossed as warm colours. Other cultural groups have no word for “colours at all。Remarkably， most of the worlds languages have five basic colour terms。 As well as dark, light, and red, these languages typically have a term for yellow， and a term that refers to both blue and green. That is， these languages do not have separate t